Maybe our nostalgia for “better days” is simply a case of buyer’s remorse.

A majority of Catholics—52 percent—voted for Mr. Trump.

That comment about “clinging to their guns and Bibles”—maybe that was the beginning.

No one should feel complacent about the divisions this election emphasized and exploited, which run far deeper than political allegiances.

It was a dark night and a bleak next morning. And then grace came.